Got LTT on 3rd try for MNSSHP. But they said "that's different"...

The other times I called, they told me there was nothing available for LTT for dinner September 14th. Today I called and the CM told me there is nothing available. So I asked her to check Crystal Palace instead. Then she said "Will you be attending the MNSSHP?" I said yes, and she said "Oh, that's different." and she proceeded to read off a list of available times.

I don't understand. How is it "different" if you are attending MNSSHP? Because if you aren't attending the party you can't be in the park anyway - right? Anyway, we got reservations for 6:05 and she read off lots of other times available too, 6:30 on. I was hoping for more like 4:00 but I'll take what I can get.

Sometimes they block tables for different reasons, IIRC. Maybe they did this at LTT because they knew they would have MNSSHP in Sept and the 180-day window began before the dates/tickets were available. Just a guess.

You know, come to think of it, I heard something similar when I bought my tickets. It was a bad connection, but when I expressed shock at being able to get into CP (4:50 on 9/30) he said something that sounded like they have extra times available for the MNSSHP. Anyway, I wasn't going to try to change anything, but he was so helpful I thought I'd give it a shot--and I'm glad I did! Good luck everyone else!